User blog comment:Dante-Must-Die-Mode/What The Heaven And Hell?: Nero/@comment-967403-20150329222022

LOL. I kinda like this blog. Maybe because what the person used as proof was actually provided by me in which I had used Devil's Lair as a basis. I did my best to put the events in order, as I was sure the book had flashbacks or something like that. Hopefully, I got it right.

Concerining the Canon Status, don't believe what you hear. The same person who wrote DMC3 did DMC4 and DMC4:Deadly Fortune. Writers aren't tied to one company and can leave at anytime. There's also the fact that it's a published novel, meaning Capcom is fine with it. Now we have DMC4:SE, in which seems to take some ques from the novel. Hint. Hint. I just say whatever contradicts the games with the novels....ignore. Novels based on games do that sometimes. Instead of wrapping your head around it, just ignore and take what can fit.

I find Nero and Vergil similar. I don't find it ironic that a new character who's related to Sparda also exhibits similarities to Vergil. It's not going to be exact by why else would they put it there? I think to some degree, you're underplaying Yamato. It's a keepsake for Vergil by Sparda...his father. Sparda passed it to Vergil. And then somehow, Nero gets it. It's kinda like Father/Son passing down a family heirloom. That's what people see. Except Vergil wasn't there so Dante had to sub.

The Nero and Sparda resemblance is there, though. I won't deny that. I would think that despite Nero being Vergil's son, they wouldn't want it to always parallel him and make him Vergil-lite. Giving him some parallels to his grandfather helps make him stand out a bit. I acutally find him a mesh of Vergil and Sparda with his own splash.

While 2 people similar never automatically means relation, in stories the son paralleling with his father is often used to play hints. Look at Luke Skywalker and Anakin. Both were seen as a sign of hope for the jedi. Both were amazingly skilled prodigies. Both had great skills in piloting. But they still had their differences yet they were actually related. It's not an impossible notion.

I've heard about that artbook notion. If someone can show me where it is and translated it, I'd take it as fact. I've seen artbooks with other media. They do not put stuff in there for no reason. Artbooks/Strategy Guides/Manuals, etc. are still official material. Just because they list old/dropped doesn't mean everything in it is not fact (In some cases, they do that so you buy the thing. Giving you tidbit info on the world within it you never knew about). If people can accept the fact a DMC3 Artbook says that the Priestess Blood is from Arkham and why he needed Lady (Since he forfeits it by becomin a demon), then this should be no different.